A
i'JIE ORIGIN OF BEDS
BLEEPING COUCHES CAN BE TRACED
BACK TO 700 B. C.
TbT Were In v.e by the Ktrnscans
and Were Mn.lly Df Stone, Terra
Cullo and Mnrule lied Fnrnlhlna;s
of the Ancient G rocks and Romans.
The olilest bod in existence is a
bronze ot Etruscan. manufacture dat
ing from the seventh century B. C.
'Ih'f wns found In excavations made
nt !oridon, in Asia Minor, and from
the fact that it is the only one of its
ap; ever unearthed anions tho many
other pieces of furniture found in an
cient ruins tho conclusion is drawn
that beds at this early era were a nov
elty. It is sure that previous to this there
is no record of the existence of beds
which may be takeu as authority. Tre
hl torle mm evidently Rot long iniito
well without any bed to 11 in, and it
ivi.s not until the life of Et urians and
(iivoks beiran to verge int, compara
tive sybarite luxury that t) e bed ns a
component part ot the hot) ehold was
universally recognized.
Even then the bed was 1 1010 kin to
the modern couch than the article lu
which civilized man today 1 kes his rc-I'os-e.
According to Greek . nd Roman
wall paintings, bus-reliefs and repro
ductions in sculpture, tho original bed
was a bench, often a beautifully carv
ed and decorated bench and one cover
ed with costly draperies, but still in
form a bench compared to the beds of
today. Many of them were made of
terra cotta, some of marble, and then
there Is the bronze specimen which Is
still in use.
Etruscan wall paintings of tho fifth
and Bixth centuries B. C. show that
these couches were plentiful then. Tho
Etrurians bullded well when they came
to make beds, for most of the pictures
show them as made of stone, terra cot
ta and marble being favorite materials.
In shape they were narrow, set on legs,
much like the couch of today, and piled
kinds of beds or couches in this peri
od, one for reclining upon nt mealtime
and the other for sleeping. In some in
stances the same couch was used for
both purposes.
With the early Greeks aud Romans
the bed played n more prominent part
In the life of the people than It does to
day. Taihtings from these times show
the bed or couch a prominent factor nt
all mealtimes and banqueting scenes,
the persons participating reclining
while they dined or carried on a con
versation. Enrly scenes where the char
acters concerned are wholly mytho-
L'al show them meeting death, de
livering speeches or reposing idly, all
on couches of a nearly similar design.
The sleeping couch rarely occurs In this
early sculpture or painting.
In form the bed of this era was based
on principles much akin to those upon
which our beds are now made. There
' are the body, legs and headpiece, all
made much as they are made today.
At first, so far as can be found, the
..Irndv was onlr a slab of marble laid
across two upright stones serving as
legs. Later, however, there come to
view a leg for each corner and a head
piece. The best examples of modern
beds show the skill of the ancients In
sculptnre and painting and the Impor
tance with which they regarded the bed.
The legs are often notable examples of
the carver's art, and the sides serve as
panels whereon the artist of, the day
depicted the life of the period.
Other Greek couches have legs made
if blocks of wood mortised together.
Later the entire bed was made of
wood. Many of these specimens were
of the costliest manufacture, the wood
being Inlaid with Ivory and other ar
ticles of ornament Tortoise shell as
a means of decorating couches seems
to have been introduced about 100 B. C.
Later silver and gold were occasionally
used.
In furnlahings tho ancle.. ts pursued
about tho sauto system as is In vogue
at. present Mattresses, pillows, val
ances and loose draperies are shown in
the early vase paintings. All couches
had mattresses, but the thickness, qual
ity and kind varied with the different
periods. At first only a few skins
thrown over the body of the bed were
used.
x The pillows were of various shapes,
'some, being long and narrow, others
approximately square and still others
nearly round in appearance. The
Greek or Roman of this period was
a most luxurious personage, as he re
quired at least three pillows to enable
htm to secure a good night's rest
There was one for his head, one for his
elbow and one for his feet
The mattresses and pillows were cov
ered with linen or wool. Leather to
some extent was used as a covering
for the pillows. Rare instances are
found where silk was employed as bed
covering.
A great variety of materials was
fesed in stuffing both articles. The
commonest article among the Greeks
seems to have been refuse wool torn
off in carding or fulling cloth. Among
the Romans wool especially prepared
was the favorite article for this pur
pose. Straw and rushes were used
largely by the poor classes. Feather
pillows are first mentioned as being in
existence in the fourth century. The
draperies and hangings were in many
Instances rich tapestries.
1 u the representations of Roman beds
the furnishings run generally to lux
ury and display, and the draperies are
the' parts given the most attention.
The most striking colors to be ob
tained were used in their manufacture
and decoration, nnd the looms of the
east were scoured for the best exam
ples of weaving. Purple was a favor
ite color, and the wealth of a person
wns often Indicated by the excellence
of the bed draperies in his house.
H-.-dmnUlng and bed furnishing had
nUalued to this stage in ttj year 400
A. D. A painting of a I'd of this
fiirlod shows an article of w anufftrtuw
and furnishings much like the bed of
today. There are four legs, sides etf
-ood and wooden slats or occasional
ly leather interlacing to furnish rests
for tho mattress. There lire two hoiid
ileees, one at each end, suggesting
that even at this late date tho sleeper
was accustomed to have a pillow for
his feet. Of the furnishings the mat
tress and pillows are covered with a
striped stuff not unlike many cloths of
the present, and a blanket covering the
mattress is tucked between it aud the
bedside, much as the neat housewife
now tucks In her snowy sheet.
Here, however, the resemblance to
the present style of bed ceases. Tho
legs at tho head are carved to repre
sent human figures aud mythological
creations. At the foot a woman with
surrounding "picture writing" holds
forth. The sides are massive panels
carved in a similar manner, and tho
structure of tho whole maris It as an
article made to be handed lown from
one generation to the other. Chicago
Tribune.
, SOUTH AMERICAN ANTS.
They Are Perhaps the CJro itest Itnnd
Builders la the World.
The greatest road builders in the
world are a species of red ants found
In South America. In building a road
they carry minute particles of clay,
with which they line all tho roads as
well as the galleries and passages of
their nests till they look as smooth as
If cemented by a master mason. Some
idea of their number can be formed
when It Is remembered that the whole
of this road to their tree, perhaps near
ly half a mile long, Is densely thronged
with a multitude going out empty and
coming back with their umbrella-like
bunions, while, thousands upon thou
sands swarm in tho doomed tree.
That this vast army is under tho best
discipline can be proved by watching
them for only a few moments. Tho
drivers are constantly running up and
down giving their orders to tho work
ers, which they do by torching beads
for a moment. The Individual so
touched will stop, turn back, hurry for
ward or show in some such way that
he is following some command. But
n better proof of the discipline Is found
In tho fact that when tho army meets
with an obstacle such ns a log or a
lai'KO Rtone, there is a Jam of ants on
both Rides, nnd they run about in dis
may and disorder. Instantly the driv
ers hurry up, showing the greatest ex
citement, nnd run over, around nnd un
der the impediment to find the best
way out of the difllcnlty. When they
have decided they lead off the line of
march In tho proper direction. But
until they take this step the workers
make no attempt to pass the obstacle.
When a selection of a level piece of
ground has been made a perpendicular
shaft some eight Inches In diameter
nnd six or seven feet deep is formed.
This Is for drainage and ventilation,
never for ingress or egress. If the
ground slopes the shnft Is horizontal,
the mouth, of course, being nt the bot
tom of the hill. From the perpendicu
lar shaft, commencing nt the bottom,
radiate galleries, like the spokes of a
wheel set at a slight angle. At the end '
of each series of galleries' spokes a cir-1
cnlar gallery is made, forming, as it
were, a set of wheels one above the
other. In, or, rather, above, these cir
cular galleries the nests or dwelling
places are constructed. These are oval
In shape and about a foot long. The
narrow end of the oval Is downward
nnd opens Into the roof of the gallery,
and as the spokes always slope slightly
toward the shaft no tropical rains, no
matter how heavy, can enter the homes
and breeding places of the ants.
nnlnlexs Reg-Inns.
The rainless regions of the globe owe
their aridity to the fact that they are
shut off from the Influence of most
winds by high mountain chains. The
chief of these are upper Egypt, tho
Sahara, the desert of Gobi and the
coast of Peru. The driest place In the
world Is probably that part of Egypt
between the two lower falls of the
Nile. Rain has never been known to
fall there, and the Inhabitants do not
believe travelers who tell them that
water can fall from the sky. The great
trade winds at the starting-points of
their paths are the cause of drought
and barrenness, but where they cross
land at he termination of their course
they give out bounteous rain supplies.
The contrasts thus offered are very
striking. Thus some parts of the Mo
roccan Sahara near the head of the
northeastern Atlantic trade wind do
not experience a shower for perhaps
twenty years at a time, while the same
wind when It reaches the coast of
South America produces a rainfall rep
resenting a depth of twenty feet of
water in a year.
Rats as an Article of Diet.
Rats have never found favor as a del
icacy for the table In Europe or In this
country, but In many lands they are
relished as an article of diet. The ne
gro, slaves of Jamaica used to regard
them as a dainty, their masters not
providing them with any other meat
Their method of cooking the toothsome
rodents was to impale each one on a
long wooden skewer after cleaning the
animal and cutting off the tail, turning'
it briskly around over a fire until the '.
hair was all burned off. Then It was .
scraped until free from fur, and finally
the end of the skewer wns stuck Into !
the ground, Inclined toward the fire, un-
tH it was toasted dry, and crisp, thus j
iwiuK uiuue reuuy lor lue luem. xiuus
may commonly be seen for sale In the
markets of any Chinese town, split and
pressed under a heavy weight so as to
j look aomewhat like dried fish. In this
j shape the plgtnlled oriental buys them,
I Books them In water and then bolll,
' roasts or fries them.
OMEN MUST KNEELTO MEN
I.i the Law Anions Mnny Tribes or
ICnst Central Africa.
Men in Africa, and especially in east
ee-U;il Africa, believe that their wom
en are their Inferiors, and many cen
turies ago, miys the Chicago Trib
une, they made u law that has worn it
self into a custom that women must
acknowledge this by nlwnys kneeling
when they meet a man.
lulr Macdonnld, who spent many
years as a missionary In that country,
says that African women hold a most
degraded position and are looked upon
pretty generally as beasts, of burden
capable of doing all tho hard work.
When a woman meets any man, be it
her husband or a stranger, at homo or
on the road she Is expected to "tnldl
wala" that Is, to kneel and clap her
hands to the lord of creation as he
passes. Although a woman may have
slaves of her own, she observes this
custom whenever she meets them on
tho highway.
Macdonahl adds: ""..en"ver we saw
a woman go out of her way with the
intention of kneeling before us, though
she carried a hundredweight on her
head, kn jwing that nv: would have to
get up with it, wo F'i'K.toil, 'You aro
losing your way; this is the path,' and
she took It, glad that she might dis
pense with this custom.
Certain It Is that If tho African wo
man kneels before a stranger or slave
she prostrates herself most humbly be
fore her husband, her lord and master,
lie Is her father, and she Is his child;
he commands, and she obeys; he may
Inflict punishment, and she accepts It.
The title of "father" is given to all
old people. A man of thirty will say,
"I am only a child; ask the old man."
The woman must submit, of course.
She is her husband's chattel; he has
bought her for two skins of bucks,
and this is a fair price for one wife.
He often gets them In payment for
debts.
If a girl Is not n first wife sho counts
for little, ns these Africans usually
have one chief wife and three or four
minor wives. A man who is married a
few years is expected to have junior
wives. The chief wife has the suivr
intendenee of tho others nnd looks
after the household. The punishment
sho Indicts for laziness is to banish the
Junior wife from her meals until hun
ger bring! her to her senses. If a
junior wife is obstreperous she Is put
in a slave stock.
The authority of a chief wife Is not
a matter to Jest with. If a Junior wife
gets unruly tho whipping post is mndo
use of. Tills does not annoy her lord,
for African men have little sentiment
for their wives nnd feel none for their
Junior wives. They are his chattels,
having the same value as his cattle,
perhaps less. When a man Is pressed
for money he usually sells his wife and
not his cattle. He expects them to cul
tivate the soil and cut down the trees,
nnd when bo finds time or has the in
clination ho helps them.
Why Metnl Itnst.
Gold does not tarnish like other metnl
because It Is not acted upon by oxygen
or water. It Is the moisture In the at
mosphere which causes other metals to
tarnish, owing to their oxidation. Wa
ter contnlns a largo proportion of oxy
gen, and It Is the oxygen, of course,
In the moist air combining with the
surface of the metals that covers them
with tarnish. Platinum, like gold, re
sists the Influence of oxygen and mois
ture and jvhen pure neither rusts nor
tarnishes. Aluminium also does not
rust, neither hot nor cold water having
any action upon It. The sulphureted
hydrogen of the atmosphere, which so
readily tarnishes silver, has no effect
upon aluminium, which under ordinary
circumstances preserves Its appearance
as perfectly as gold does. Silver tar
nishes on exposure to the air, the agent
producing this effect being the sulphur.
Iron is the metal which tarnishes and
rusts most easily, Its oxidization pro
ceeding until tho metal is completely
eaten or burnt away with the rust
How to Spoil 1'tnhrellns.
"In most cases umbrellas are not
fairly worn out; they are ruined
through carelessness of their owners,"
said an umbrella and cane man.
"When I see a man walking with an
umbrella tightly grasped In bis hot
hand I smile to myself, because I know
tlint very soon that man will be want
leg a new umbrella. There is no surer
way of making an umbrella wear out
quickly than this habit of carrying it
about by its middle. Again, after be
ing out in the rain you should turn
your umbrella upside down and let
the water drain off as it stands with
the handle downward. By doing this
you prevent the water from getting in
nt the framework and thereby protect
the ribs from rusting. Some men open
their umbrellas before they stand them
up to dry, but this is a bad plan, be
cause tho umbrella may stretch when
it is wet. Another thing, too never
roll your umbrella up, ns to do so cuts
the silk." Detroit Tribune.
Antiquity of Bnffftr.
The first mention of sugar seems to
have been made by rilny more than
1,800 years ago, who traces It to Ara
bia and gives the preference to Indian
sugar, which he speaks of as "honey
found in canes." Statins in bis de
scription of the Saturnalia says that
among the food which the Emperor
Domitinn made the people at those
noisy festivals scramble for wns a
sweet substance obtained from Ara
bian canes. Other clnsslcal wrlterB of
about the same period describe It also
ns a kind of honey found in canes and
not tnnde by bees. Strobo adds that In
a solid state it resembles salt. The
sugnr cane was Introduced Into Sicily
In 1143 nnd soon afterward Into Spain.
Thence sixty years later It was taken
to the West Indies, and at the end of
the eighteenth century Jamaica alone
produreft quite 15,000 tons a year.
i PARADISE OF PALMS
1HE GROVES OF BORDIGHERA, "THE
JERICHO OF ITALY."
A l'rrtty Itullnn Villnnc Which Has
the I'rlvllt-Re of Sunplyliitr I'nlms
to the Vnttcnn The Story of How
the CoucesNlon Was Granted.
More than 300 years ago an Immense
crowd gathered before St. Peter's, in
Rome, to witness the raising of an
Egyptian obelisk. The work Involved
many risks, and the preparations for
its accomplishment were surrounded
with much impressive ceremony. It is
said that Houieulco Fontana, the en
gineer in charge of the raising, became
at the very last hour so aprehenslve of
failure that he appealed to Pope Slxtus
V., begging him to command the vast
number of spectators to keep absolute
silence, lest some chance noise should
confuse the workmen. He himself ar
ranged to communicate his orders by
an elaborate system of lla.,'s and sig
nals. At last the critical moment arrived.
The pope, after celebrating a solemn
mass nnd blessing the 8(Ki workmen,
took his place on n bnlcony overlooking
the sr'cne. The great squuro was filled
with the multitude of people, who fol
lowed the proceedings with breathless
Interest. Unbroken silence, however,
reigned, for the pope, In response to
Fontana's appeal, had issued a stern
edict decreeing death to any one who
uttered n sound.
All went well until near the end of
the work, when suddenly, as the obelisk
stood nlmost upright, the ropes which
supported the enormous weight stretch
ed, nnd the great shaft wavered. In
stantly from tho midst of the throng of
people a voice was raised In disregard
of the death penalty and a ringing
cry, "AVet the ropes!" was beard. This
practical advice being followed at once,
the ropes soon shrunk until tnut again,
and tho obelisk, saved from Imminent
danger of falling, wns safely drawn
Into position.
Search was made for the author of
the cry, who proved to bo a sulfor
named Bresca, from the neighborhood
of Bordlghern, on the Moditeranenu
shore. His knowledge of ropes had sug
gested to him the remedy at tho crisis,
and, carried away by the excitement
of tho moment, ho had forgotten the
threatening command for silence.
Abashed and trembling nt his temer
ity, tho offender was led before Pope
Slxtus. Great was his amazement and
relief, however, to be met with words
of forgiveness and praise. Instead of
Imposing the dreaded punishment the
pope bade him nsk some especial favor,
which should be bestowed upon him In
token of gratitude.
Mindful of the resources of his native
coast, the sailor asked that for all fu
ture time the right should be given to
him nnd his family to supply palms to
the chapter of St. Peter's for Palm
Sunday. Assured by the pope that this
privilege should be granted, Brescn re
turned to his home again, rejoicing in
the benefit which his impetuous words
were to bring to Bordlghern through
years to come.
Such Is the origin of Bordlghera's
pnlm Industry, according to the tales
which are glenned from old histories.
The different reports vary somewhat
as to facts, yet the story In all Its es
sential details Is constantly quoted In
Bordlghern, and tho village still claims
Its annual privilege of supplying the
Vatican with palms on Palm Sunday.
Bordighera is situated on the coast
of the Mediterranean; but, unlike most
of the Riviera towns, which lie within
shallow bays, it occupies a prominent
and exposed position. The Cape of
Snnts Ampegllo, on which the town
stands, Btretches far out Into tho wa
ter, and the views obtainable from
many portions of the headland are of
unsurpassed beauty.
The most distinctive feature of Bordi
ghera, however, is Its wonderful growth
of date palms, aud the vlllnge Is well
called "the Jericho of Italy." It Is said
there are more palms In nnd around
Bordighera than In the whole of the
Holy Land. In whatever direction one
turns for a view the featherly palm
trees are Interwoven with the land
scape. Their rich deep green stands
out In relict trom the silvery back
ground of the olive orchards, and, al
though the orange and lemon groves are
numerous,, the waving palm branches
rise above them all.
It Is said that the first palms were
Introduced In Bordighera by Dominican
friars many centuries ago, but the cul
tivation on an extensive scale dates
from the grant to the Bresca family.
The palm leaves which are to be used
In religious ceremonies are bleached
until they become yellowish white. The
branches are drawn closely together
at the top and firmly wound about
with rope. In this way the inner
leaves, deprived of light and air, are
unable to attain their natural green
color. Unfortunately this curious
swathing of the branches robs the tree
temporarily of much of Its beauty.
The leaves which must be ready for
the' next Palm Sunday begin this
bleaching process in tho summer, while
the much smaller number prepared for
the Jewish Feast of the Tabernacle, in
the fall, are shut off from the light in
the spring. The care of tho palms at
these two seasons and their final gath
ering nnd pneking for transportation
furnish employment to many of the
peasants. Immense quantities of
branches are dispatched to Rome and
to other parts of the country as well
and are used in the celebration of the
Sunday before Enster at the impressive
ceremony of the blessing of the palms.
New York Tribune.
A Pillory.
Johnny Paw, what's a pillory? Fa
. ther That's a terra that some people
apply humorously to a drug store, my
i boy. Louisville Courier-Journal.
AMONG THE ESKIMOS.
f.anslaunhter Is Not Uncommon, and
Polygamy Is Rare
Manslaughter is by no means uncom
mon among the Eskimo heathen na
tives, according to Professor Erlksen,
but Invariably leads to a kind of ven
detta between the relatives of the mur
derer and those of the murdered per
son. Again, If a young married man or
his wlfo dies the surviving party has
the right to kill tho small children
should ho or she not be In a position
to guarantee their maintenance. Aged
persons, on the other hand, are will
ingly supported by their relatives.
Children are never beaten or punished,
no matter how badly they behave. The
Eskimos explain this custom by say
ing that die children have no power of
understanding and therefore have no
Idea of wrong nnd punishment.
Polygamy is unusual, as there is a
scarcity of Eskimo women. In spite
of tills, however, the professor met
several men who had two wives. Tho
exchnngo of wives Is very frequent.
Wives must obey their husbands; oth
erwise they are beaten. Husbnnds
maintain that their wives must be
beaten several times annually to pre
vent their desire for supremacy In the
household from becoming too persist
ent. OLIVE OIL.
The method by Which It Is Made on
Tuscan Farms.
The olives, stones and all, aro first
crushed In a stone mill run by ox pow
er. Tho mass of pulp Is then trans
ferred In flat wicker baskets to tho
"torchlo," or oaken press, from which
the oil oozes Into a vat below. The
presses at Dlevole are very old, elabo
rately carved with the arms and de
vices of some early padrone. Tremen
dous pressure is applied through a
primitive capstan arrangement which
the men work by heavy wooden levers,
walking round and round on the stone
floor In a track much worn by the
tread of laboring go'ie-.-atiuns. There
are commonly two or throe Hquoezlugs
of the pulp, the product of the first be
ing of the finest quality. But tho proc
ess, once begun, must be curried for
ward cosiilnuously lest the oil should
spoil lu the making. It Is finally drawn
olf Into lms? earthen jars of immemo
rial pattern, like thoue In which the
Forty Thieves of the Arabian tale con
cealed themselves for nefarious pur
poses. And It stands tints for a week
In the adjoining clearing ra mi, called
the "chiaralo'o." after which It Is ready
for tho market. From "Life flu n Tus
can Farm," by T. R. Sullivan, in Scrib
ner's. CANARY BIRDS.
The Finest of Them Arc Raised In
the Hnrs Mountains.
The chief breeding ground for cana
ries wns formerly the Uarz moun
tains, but of late years only tho finest
singers are reared In that district. The
trade was transferred to Elchsfelde,
In the province of Hanover, where poor
weavers breed the cheaper sort. The
most Important market for these gold
en birds Is the United States, which
takes quite 100,000 birds u year. Great
Britain comes next, with Bonio 50,000,
nnd Is followed by Brazil. Chile nnd
the Argentine Republic.
The principal dealers have large fac
tories which can turn out material for
1,000 bird cages dally. Tho peasants
tnke this -away to their homes and
there make up tho cages. Attendants,
who each have charge of 1,000 birds In
separate cages, take canaries ncross
the Atlantic and on their return voy
age bring back Mexican nnd Cuban
parrots for the European markets.
About 2.10,000 canaries are bred ev
ery year In Germany, nnd their value,
Rome 30,001.1, goes chiefly into the
pockets of the peasants. London Tele
graph. C'arlyle n Rljtrht and Wronr,
Carlyle maintained that n strain of
sentiment about criminals was very
prevalent In his day, which tended seri
ously to obliterate or diminish the real
difference between right and wrong.
He hated with an Intense hatred that
whole system of philosophy which de
nied that there was a deep, essential,
fundamental difference between right
and wrong nnd turned tho whole mat
ter Into a mere calculation, of inter
ests. He was accustomed to say that
one of the chief merits of Christianity
was thnt It taught that right nnd wrong
were as far apart as heaven and hell
and that no greater calamity can be
fall a nntlon than a weakening of the
righteous hatred of evil.
A Stupid Prologue.
It was a performance of "Richard
III.," and a poor one, to which the two
men from Wilson's ranch had listened
for nearly an hour with 111 concealed
impntlence.
"Come on out. I've had enough of
this tiling," said one of them at last
but tho other hesitated.
"That guy in the middle o' the stage
was calling for a horse a minute ago,"
he said in a hoarse whisper. "Let's
hold on till the show begins anyway."
A Gratified Cariosity.
"I want you to take back that par
rot He uses dreadful language."
i "But only in Spanish, ma'am; only In
Spanish."
"Yes, I know."
"But how can madam know?"
"I studied Spanish to find out what
he said." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ill Timed Economies.
If men saved to keep out of debt the
.way they have to to get out this woo Id
be a world of millionaires. New York
Press. Avoid mtiltlpllclty of business. The
man of one thing is the man oUmo-
l cess. Edwards.
VENOMOUS EMOTIONS.
Sentiments Which, It Is Said, Liter
ally I'olsoa Oar Blood.
Anger, fear, anxiety, are among the
emotions or sentiments which literally
poison our blood. It has often been
said that evil thoughts are poisonous,
the meaning being that they corrupt
other people, but the real fact la that
they poison our own bodies.
By losing control of ourselves and
indulging In anger, by yielding to anx
iety, fear nnd unwholesome thoughts,
we cause nn Irritation or disturbance
which, accifdiv.g to the latest sayings
of scientists, has the effect of produc
ing a poison lu the blood that may
have serious consequences.
Naturalists declare that the venom
of snakes Is generated by auger and
fear; that It Is rapidly collected In a
special receptacle and thence dis
charged nt the object of Its anger or
fear, and It Is further explained that
the same process takes place In the
human body, but that we have no spe
cial organ to receive It, nnd It therefore
disperses In the blood, acting against
ourselves Instead of for our protection.
Be that as It may, It Is generally con
ceded that we are literally poisoned by
the emotions mentioned and by any
sentiment or pnsslon which upsets the
smooth working of our minds. Home
Notes.
MOVING ON FRIDAY.
There Seems to Be a Lot of Supersti
tion Abont It.
"Friday Is a kind of holiday in our
business," said the professional mover.
"There is a Sig lot of superstition in
tliis matter, and, except in cases of
actual necessity, It Is hard to get any
body to move on Friday. If a few
families that intend to change quar
ters soon could only be Induced to put
aside their foolish prejudice against
the sixth day of the week they could
be set up In their new home with half
the trouble and Inconvenience they will
experience on any other dny. I have
explained that to many prospective
customers, but the chances are that
most of them will vote to Join the rush
rather than tempt bad luck by moving
on Friday.
"Most of our movers dislike Friday
as much as the customers. Whatever
Jobs are assigned to thorn they attend
to, of course, but every Inst man In
our employ will be glad If not a sin
gle order was booked for Friday. They
claim that every smashup they figure
in, every accident to the furniture
through loss or breakage, occurs on a
Friday, so for their own sake they up
bold the customers In their fight
against Friday." New York Press.
A Living; Example.
A professor of natural history who
was delivering a lecture to bis class
on the rhinoceros noticed that the at
tention of the students was wandering.
"Gentlemen," he sold sternly, "If yon
expect to realize the remarkably hide
ous nature of this benst you must keep
your eyes fixed on me." Harper's
Weekly.
Not Wnatcil.
Mistress You ruined thnt terrapin
last night, Ellen. I can't have things
wasted so.
"Sure, mum, 'twasu't wasted. We
ate it in the kltchen."-L!fe.
A letter or note sent by a friend
should never be sealed.
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On de banka ob de Amazon, far away, far Iway,
Whar Dr. Green jrtts August Flower to dia day ;
Ah picked dose flower in August in ole Brazil,
An' aldu' 1'ae a Yankee, ah longs to be dar still.
if August Flower is the only medicine
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thirty-two feet of digestive apparatus in a
normal condition, and assisting nature's
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by preventing all irregular or unnatural
causes which interrupt healthy and' per
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(causing appendicitis stoppage of the
gall duct), fermentation of unhealthy
foods, nervous dyspepsia, headache, con
stipation and other complaints, such as
colic, biliousness, jaundice, etc. t
(August Flower is nature's intended reg
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For sale by Boyle-Woodward Drug Co,
Our Many Customers
The Quality Style and Comfort of
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4 that we need not do so. Prices 85c to $6.00. j
4 Try a pair of HARMON'S SURPASS $3.50 Shoes. These P-
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all kinds of
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t retail at any hour. Also we
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Wanted!
Girls to learn Cloth Picking
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Wedding Invitations and Visit
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